Golf Network News
Friday 6 July 1956Men’s majorsYear in Review
Thomson wins the Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England · Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 July 1956 · purse £3,750
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/15°C · wind 27 km/h SSW, gusts 61 · 4.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/15°C · wind 34 km/h WSW, gusts 73 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/13°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
97 started, 49 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Flory Van Donck
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1929-08-23, Brunswick (Melbourne), Australia; Australia; age 26 at the win (year page); 3rd major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet